I have been working with a client with multiple sites and up until recently they have been using Watchguards at all sites. Recently we have been switching out some of the Watchguard for Cisco ASA's but there have been a ton of site to site VPN issues. For example, a tunnel goes down, so you re-key...

Here is an interesting article on this:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/27/apple_doesnt_trust_you/
Apparently even though there have been reported issues with version 3.1 you can not rollback from an upgrade.

So I configured my ASA to provide L2TP remote access VPN. I originally set it up with a local user database and it worked fine. After I decided to tie it in to LDAP so I could authenticate against Active Directory. I set up my LDAp integration and used the built-in test tool to make sure it worked,...

I passed this exam recently which makes me a CCNA Voice now and i wanted to write about my thoughts on this exam.
So this exam focus's entirely on the UC500 and Communication Manager Express, there is nothing on Unified Communication Manager or on Business Edition. Overall I found the exam...

Here is a useful link I found for setting up WAN failover on a cisco ASA.
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/vpndevc/ps2030/products_configuration_example09186a00806e880b.shtml
Bear in mind you need a security plus license on a 5505 or 5510 for this to work.

Ok bad news, ASA's do not support PPTP remote access VPN (though they can pass it through). However they will support L2TP with IPSEC VPN which windows is capable of doing.
Here is a great video tutorial I used for setting it up:
http://gregsowell.com/?p=805

Check it out:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/19/google_chrome_os_unveiled/
This should make the open source community happy. Frankly why you would endeavour to please the open source community I am not sure. No one ever complains to that Snow Leopard isn't open source, everyone still...

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